A company is designing a network for a new data center. The network must support high availability and be able to survive multiple simultaneous link failures. The budget is not a primary constraint. Which topology should be chosen?

A star topology with redundant switches

A company has a legacy network using a bus topology. They are experiencing frequent network outages and want to migrate to a more reliable topology. They have a limited budget and want to reuse existing cabling where possible. Which migration path is most practical?

Convert to a ring topology by connecting the ends of the bus

Keep the bus topology but add a second backbone cable for redundancy

Replace all devices with wireless adapters and use an access point

Replace the bus backbone with a switch and connect each device directly to the switch in a star topology

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Network Topologies and Hardware Components SCE Practice Questions (Page 1)

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A company is designing a network for a new data center. The network must support high availability and be able to survive multiple simultaneous link failures. The budget is not a primary constraint. Which topology should be chosen?
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2foundation · easy
Which component is required for a desktop computer to connect to an Ethernet network?
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A company has a legacy network using a bus topology. They are experiencing frequent network outages and want to migrate to a more reliable topology. They have a limited budget and want to reuse existing cabling where possible. Which migration path is most practical?
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A network administrator is troubleshooting a connectivity issue. A computer cannot access the internet, but it can communicate with other computers on the same LAN. The computer's IP address is 192.168.1.10, the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, and the default gateway is 192.168.1.1. Which hardware component is most likely misconfigured or faulty?
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An organization requires a network that can continue operating even if one link between two devices fails. Which topology selection criterion is most directly addressed by this requirement?
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Network Topologies and Hardware Components SCE Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

A company is designing a network for a new data center. The network must support high availability and be able to survive multiple simultaneous link failures. The budget is not a primary constraint. Which topology should be chosen?

Which component is required for a desktop computer to connect to an Ethernet network?

A company has a legacy network using a bus topology. They are experiencing frequent network outages and want to migrate to a more reliable topology. They have a limited budget and want to reuse existing cabling where possible. Which migration path is most practical?

An organization requires a network that can continue operating even if one link between two devices fails. Which topology selection criterion is most directly addressed by this requirement?

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